The better option is to fix the tax code in a bipartisan way and accomplish our goals more effectively.

the tax code as it relates to business is riddled with loopholes, drives business out of the United States

I see no need for a land-value tax, especially at the federal level.

I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing to discuss Fairness in Taxation.

the President also proposed a variety of measures to provide tax relief for the middle and working class Americans

the exhaustive work of the Simpson-Bowles Commission...proposed reducing the number of tax rates to three

Fairness, in the context of the tax code, means that similarly situated taxpayers should be treated similarly.

President Kennedy once said that a rising tide lifts all boats. But how is it that we have an economy where not all boats are currently being lifted?

For 15 years, America's middle class has been shrinking, and shrinking for the wrong reason.

A fairer tax code would be one that eliminates many of these tax expenditures, allowing us to broaden the base and lower the overall tax rates.

the rampant use of inversions and earnings stripping...have contributed to a massive decline in the contribution of business tax revenues

It also is vital that every American adult pay some tax on income (or, eventually, consumption), so that everyone has 'skin in the game.'

If conservatives and Republicans run and hide as soon as liberals and Democrats scream their class-warfare slogans, this will go nowhere.

I strongly favor personal responsibility.

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We must provide stable, sufficient funding for these programs in fiscal year 2016 and beyond to ensure the Triad remains an effective deterrent in the future against evolving threats.

We cannot afford to underfund these vital programs, especially as potential adversaries continue modernizing their strategic capabilities.